St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-30
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.


aged seventy-four years.
George B. Clark, chief accountant at th'
Catholic Protectory, in New York, died sud
denly of paralysis at the dinner table in
hotel in Asbury Park. He was sixty-thret
years of age.
At the Indian Training School, at Carlisle
"a, during violent storm of wind, rain anl
hall, trees were leveled and several of The
buildings unroofed. At the county aims
house, same place, 500 panes of glass wer,
smashed In the town thousands of window
panes were smashed, one house was struck
by lightning trees were uprOoted and 8
number Of buildings were partially un
rooted.
A tornado at Waupaca, Wis, wrecked the
opera house, unrOofed two hotels, blew down
the Episcopal church steeple, and did other
damage. The Curran House was struck by
| lightning, but no one was injured The
farmers in the vicinity suffered heavy losses
Adam Racke has been arrested in Chicago
Tor counterteiting. He had been for some
time turning out bogus half dollars, which
were extremely well executed.
The jewelry store of George w. Fairchild
IN Bridgeport, Conn, has been robbed of
slO,oOO worth of valuables
1T is understood in Washington that Com
modore j. A. Greer, president of the exam
ming board, has been selected to command
the European station in place of Rear Ad-
mlral Chandler, who will be placed on the
retired list on August T.
The Treasury Department is advised that
number of blank Chinese certificates were
recently stolen from the custom-house at
Port Townsend, Washington Territory, and
that many of them have been sold or other
wise disposed of for the purpose of enabling
Cinnamon to enter the United States in vio-
latlon OF law. Instructions have been sent
10 the customs officers along the border to
carefully scrutinize all certificates presented
by Cinnamon entering their districts by way
OF the Canadian Pacific railway, and if any
OF the stolen certificates are found among
them to deny entry to the holder.
w. G. Truman has been arrested at
otroudsburg Pa, on the charge of having
obtained SAG on draft made on the Chem
lcal National Bank of New York through
the City National Bank of Binghamton, by
forging the name of William R. Osborne
president Of the latter bank. Truman had
been operating in Tennessee and Mississippi,
and the bank at Stroudsburg lately warned
Mississippi bank in time to prevent the pay
ment on forged draft of $4,000
Charles Duncan a tramp, under sentence
for theft, hanged himself in his cell in the
jail at Norristown, Pa.
General Master Workman Powderlv, of
the Knights of Labor, says he will favor an
open convention of the General Assembly
at Minneapolis in October, and that he will
not resign his Office but serve out his time
as matter of duty. He says he firmly be-
lieves that strikes and lockouts are losing
ground and will soon be avoided altogether.
Twelve men were injured, three perhaps
fatally, by an explosion of molten metal
while making a casting at the Union Steel
Works in Chicago.
Whlle some rockmen were blasting for the
Lehlgh Valley Company at Lumber Yard, on
the Hazleton branch road, premature ex-
plosion took place. Henry Shoemaker. aged
forty years, was killed. Henry Beal had
both eyes blown out, and John Wasser wa.
fatally injured.
By an explosion of fire damp in the Port
Royal coal mines, near West Newton, Pa,
four miners were badly burned, one of
them, named George Susser perhaps fatally.
The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, on
Thirty eighth street, between Broadway and
Sixth avenue, New York, has been destroyed
by fire. The loss on the building and its
contents is estimated at $4,000. During
The fire an explosion occurred, by which |
seven firemen were severely injured.
Hills block, in Springfield, Mass, has been
burned. Loss s25, 900. Several firemen were
injured, one, Frank Miller, perhaps fatally. |
A fire at Manteno, ILL.,, destroyed an eleva-
or, grist-mill and two barns. Loss, OOOO; |
insurance, $4,000.
A fire at Saco Me-, destroyed the Thornton |
block and adjoining building, causing loss
If about S25,OOO.
TheCold Water Road Cart Company's chair
actory and some adjoining buildings at Cold
Water, Mich, have been burned. Loss,
;26, 900.
G. w. Shaver's store and adjoining build
ngs at Cedar Springs, Mich, were burned.
Ioss S44, 900.
The loss by the forest fires in the neigh
,orhood of Brockwayville, in the lumber
egions of Pennsylvania, is estimated at $685.
100 thus far.
Easton, Pa, has been damaged to the ex-
ent of $50, 900 by a terrific storm.
At st. Thomas, Ont, at the crossing of the
Michigan Central and Grand Trunk roads,
irand Trunk excursion train ran into
Iichigan Central freight train with oil cars
ttached. The oil caught fire and both
rains and warehouse and several sheds
we're consumed The train was crowded and
welve persons were killed. The casualties
lumber 100, and the injuries of quitea num-
er Of these may prove fatal. An investiga-
ion will be held in regard to the cause of the
ccident and to discover upon whose shoul-
ers the blame should rest. 1t is reported
hat the engineer had been drinking, but it
said the main cause of the disaster was the
allure of the air brakes to work.
Seven cases of smallpox have been reported
! New York. The seventh case was discov.
redin police headquarters building.